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The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

The coal beds of China are five times as large as those of all Europe, while gold, silver, lead, tin, copper, iron, marble and petroleum are all found in the greatest abundance. Ow- ing to the prejudice of the people the mines have never been worked to any extend, it being the popular belief in China that if these mines are opened, thousands of demons and spirits im- prisoned in the earth would come forth and fill the country with war and suffering. Philadelphia Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

While a section hand on the Hoos- ac Tunnel line was eating his dinner alongside the track the other day a sparrow flew into his face, stuck it's head into his mouth for the bread he was eating, and when his jaws snap ped together the bird was decapitated. This is going to be an awful good year for regular old whoppers. --DetrOit Free Press,
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

WHEN an intended passenger Asks ships purser how many berths he nas it does not imply that he is census-taker. The hatchways of a ship are not hens nests, nor is the buoy the captains son.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

Omaha Doctor-'Ah, little one, tell your mother I have come to vaccinate the baby" Refined Child-'Tm afraid you can't see baby now. Mamma is giving him a bath" That won't matter. It won't take but a minute" ''Yes. but he's entirely decollete. D. 0naGha World
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

THE barber's favorite city-loqua-clty.- Columbus Dispatch
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

GLENNs Sulphur Soap presents all the ad- vantsges of Sulphur Baths at 0 cheap rate. Hills Hair Whisker Dye, Black or Brown, 6Oc
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

ALL the difference in the world-that be. tween the north and south pole.-LJe.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

A PRETTY woman's bang is something to a door-Boston Bulletin.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

ITS thousands of cures are the best adver- tisement for Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

A FIRM resolve-a determination among business men to go into partnership.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

A GOOD salesman is like bad coin-a perfect counter-tit.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell it25c.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

A HUSBAND is frequently very great sir sirize to a woman.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

ONE acre enough-especially if it be a ender corn.-7erGS Siftings.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

AN inventor should always wear patent leather shoes.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

''Ir is the little things that tell" says an old adage. Yes, especially the little brothers.-Nev HdVen Nei0S.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

EVERY book keeper thinks he has the best entry-way. Every owl has it's own stareway.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

IN case of riot send pickpocket into the crowd and it will be very soon dis pursed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

ADAM had a spare rib with apple sauce -BoSton Post
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

A MAN may wear an indigo suit and yet not have fit of the blues.-BurIington Free Press
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

THE making of fish-hooks is not the only or the most extensive crooked business carried on in America.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

WHY is a drawn tooth like thing no longer rememberedl Because it is out of the head
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

A FALsETTo voice does not necessarily Imply falsetto teeth.-LiJs.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

IT was a railroad man who wrote the poem in which occurs 1.-The deadly you pass tree"
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

WHY is a chicken pie like a guns mith's shopl Because it contains fowlIn-pieces. -Ne1 Aqe.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18
I.adIss of the White Home

Lovns to be sat upon-the dude. Espe- cially if it is a pretty girl
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

WHEN two fat people run against each other it can properly be spoken of as a mass-meeting.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

IN the small boys swimming season un- dressed kids are too common to be fashion able-Neg Hdven NeloS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

HIGH rollers-the planets.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

I3 PHsGNS Gsszn a ego% S \ fHIE0 Having exhausted the skill of three phy
 sicianS. completely discouraged and so
 weak could with difficulty the alone began taking Dr. Pierces Prescription using the local hs Common Medical Adviser commenced improve In months perfectly cured and have had trouble since wrote letter family briefly mentioning how health had been restored offering the full particulars writing them, enclosing Stdmped-en UOpe for have received four hundred letters In reply have described and the treatment used them likewise From have received second letters of thanks stating that they had commenced the of Favoe Prescription had the required Medical Adviser and had applied the muoh heftar already
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

THE fish question-''is it freshl"-LO,OsH n;y;-aa
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

A MEDICAL authority-the health officer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

The 'Favorite Prescription poor suffering women"
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18

such when in reality they all only symptoms caused by some his practice until large bills made The suffering treatment and complications medicine,
 have entirely removed the disease thereby dpeng all those misery.
 .fA nS of Crystal, Mich, writes "I troubled with H female weakness, leucorrhea and falling of the
 IlnnTnEc womb for had to keep bed
 good of the time. doctored with Hz% of different physicians. and spent large money received lasting benefit At husband persuaded your medicines which loah because preudiced them, and the said they would do good finally told my husband that ne would get of medicines would them against the advice of physician He got six bottles of the Favote Prescription, also six bottles of the Discovery for ten dollars took three bottles of Discovery and four of years then the balance of the medicine sister, who troubled in the and she cured herself short time. have not had to take any medicine almost four years'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
MAIDENS BAND TOGETHER
New York Star.

The roll of membership of the Maidens
Mutual Protective band of Newton in
cludes fifty seven of the most beautiful
girls in Sussex county. Many of them
are wealthy in their own right. The
mombsrs have pledged themselves not to
associate with any young man, either at
parties, church sociables, at home, or
elsewhere, who drinks Intoxicating liquor
plays billiards or smokes cigars.
The secretary has list supplied by the
club detectives, on which the names of
the whisky tipplers, cue handlers and
smokers are religously entered, and the
young gentlemen who are inclined to lead
sporting life are being astonishes of
late at the freqaency with which their
invitations to entertainments have been
declined by bellies of Sussex:
To give the young gentlemen fair
chance for love, entertainment and hap
pipess, the fair girls have issued printed
copies of the bylaws, rules and regula-
tions of their band, and sent them broad
cast throughout the county.
Already the good effect is apparent IN
one direction, and many young men have
"sworn off, while the rebelllous youths
who always want latchkey have formed
a Resistance ClQb at one of the hotels.
They say it will be happy summer when
they can spend the whole season In the
woods around Swartwod Lake with no
girls TO follow them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
Disease in Poultry.

1t is important that breeders of poul-
try, more especially of high class vari-
cites and those who produce largo num-
bers every year, should understand some
thing of the discovery which was made
some time ago by the great French sa-
want, NJ. Pasteur, more particularly as
the primary cause of the disease, known
as fowl cholera, which is microscopic
organism, may ultimately lead to the
Identification of the cause of other dis
eases, such as fowl diphtheria. 1t should,
perhaps, be mentioned that Pssteur is the
discoverer of ferments and organisms,
which are the first cause of disease in
wine, beer, and vinegar, among articles
of consumption, and of cattle, sheep,
pigs and poultry, among the animals of
domestic life.
In the system of the fowl attacked
with cholera is parasite enthusiastically
small, belonging to the Nicrococci, which
Pssteur believer contains the microbes
of viruses which are yet unknown. When
the fowl is attacked, to repeat Pasteur' s
words, the bird is without strength. stag
gering, and the wings dropping. The
rufied feathers of the body give it the
shape of q ball, and overpowering somno-
lence takes possession of it. If forced to
open its eyes 1t appears a. if awakened
out of a deep sleep, and very soon the eye
lids close again, and death comes without
the animal changing its place am without
any struggle, except at times slight
movement of the wings for a few sec
ends.
The first 20 show that this disease W.
caused by microbs parasite was veter;
nary surgeon named NORTH living in Al
ace, and it was subsequently, recognized.
by an Italian surgeon and by Professor
Toussant, who sent on to Pasteur the
head of the fowl who had died of cholera
It was, however, for Pasteur to prove
what these gentlemen suspected, for they
had not actually demonstrated it. Pasteur
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
The Deadly ella Monster.
E... r-s

Recently there has been added to the
Garden al animal that is as dangerous
as it is ugly. Ii comes from Arizona, Is
found in Montana, and is different from
almost every other animal known to
scientists save the eyeless fish of the
Mammoth Cave. It can not live in the
sunlight. 1t is found in dark, deep, out
of-the-vay caves and canyons, and Its
breath is said to be deadly. Nov comes
the question: How is this poisonous
breath emitted. The gila monster is
species of lizard, and when disturbed
simply thrusts out needle-like fang. or
more properly feeler, the end of which
expands and spreads wout like a fan.
Some claim that abe poison is emitted
from this fan-like appendsge, Others
think that the poisonous eIhalation
comes from the animals mouth, and Is
simply blown out hike the breath of any
animal endowed with sufficient lung
power. At any rate, the CHA monster Is
fighter. When he first arrived he was
put In cage with two mathematics
They were large. powerful animals, and
su being reptiles together no apprehen-
sions were entertained that any differ
ences would arise between tae cold blood
ed creatures Not 50, however. The
snakes vent to foeling around the lizard,
which IL only about Is inches long, and
filled his little ugly body full OF their pol
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20

sonous venom 1t took no effect what
ever, but in the morning when the keep
er came two dead rattlesnakes lay stretch
ed In the sand, while the little monster
was as lively as cricket.
When the animal came on by express
II was packed IN q box, and by some
means got out. The messenger, with
more nerve than discretion, grabbed it
by the tail and trust it back. When
Stevens told him what a risk he had run
and how deadly the animal he had handl-
ed was, he turned pale, and exclaine d
Il wouldn't do 1t again for the world
Its color is q sort of dark maroon. with
yellow spots, whish brighten after she'd
ding. Its food consists of insects, which
of course cannot be supplied in winter, SO
instead the Gila monster gets one raw
egg day. 1t makes hole about a
quarter of an ixch in size, and soon sucks
out the contents. The animal is confined
to an iron cage, with glass one-half sn
inch thickness, and through small round
hole in the top the eggs are let down in
the sandy bottom by means of wire
moose. The cage is kept in dark place,
where no ray OF sunlight ever comes, and
beneath runs a coil of steam-pipes, as the
animal cannot endure the cold. Its head
is not unlike that of an alligator. while its
tail is of considerable thickness, short
and fat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
A PETRIFIED SKULL.
A Peculiar and Valuable Find at Fort Fet
termen. Wyoming.
ST Paul psooasr praSs

st. Paul Pioneer Prees-
One of the most interesting additions
yet made by the collection of natural
curiosities in the State Historical
Society was received by Librarian Viii
liams yesterday through Colenel J. &.
Moore, private secretary of Governor
McGii. The specimen consists of pet
rified skull, which was found by William
S. Couplin, of St. Peter, near Fort Fet-
termen, Wyo., last fall. In form it is
about foot long, rather narrow, and
abost six inches through the THICKER part
of the head from neck to top. The teeth
are very marked, and the ivory in an
excellent condition. There are two prongs
or tusks about two and one-half or three
inches In length, lightly curved, set in
the upper jaw at the extreme front, and
below, from the lover jaw, there are two
correspon Esg prongs of about the same
length and size. The rest Of the teeth
are more or less pointed, though the
general shape Is not nearly so long as the
two prongs. All the Indications of the
teeth point to carniverous animal. The
lower jaw Is quite clear of the surround
ing stone and the bone Is in an excellent
state of preservation, The interior of
the head is filled with hard, white stone
formation, about as hard as granite.
When found the specimen was above
ground on a knoll, and near it a solid
block of stone which evidently contained
part of the amin al. The specimen was
found along the line of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad. As to what kind
of an animal it was those who examined
it are in doubt, though some of 1t has the
appearance of being related to the bear.
The upper jaw has been slig htly twisted,
and this only serves to show how wicked
mouth was owned by this prehistoric
monstar. The inside measurement of the
mouth must have been from eight to nine
inches from the front to the back
portion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
The Ideal House of the Future
CoSu OpOlIIan


There is no doubt that the ideal house
of the future. whether large or snail, will
be in the country, and that this massing
together of humanity, to be found now In
our great cities, will come to be considered
simply bsrbarous. Even for the rich, who
can claim fullest space, tbs city, with its
under current of crowded, fostering, moi
some life, holds unconscious contami-
nation; while for the poor themselves,
what word is strong enough TO express
the degradation of the ward home that is
theirs
Nor is it possible, even under the most
favorable circumstances, to count flats"
or apartments, as anything more than the
travesty of comfort in its best sense.
Ruskin is right when he denies to cities
any possibility of the best development
for human life; and, though they have
their uses, and We could i'll dispense with
many good things to which they have
given birth, they are responsible for
such hideous evils that one longs at mo-
ments to see them, their pride, and their
magnifcence, and "bittsr cry of outcast'
life in their midst, engulfed like those
lost cities of old.
The home spirit is strong in many
city fiat, aud consecrates many stately
mansion as well as the narrowest tene
ment but the true home must be in the
country, quite accessible it may be, from
the city, but always owning certain indis-
pensable and inahenable characteristics.
The house that has not lis own bit of lend,
its own possibilities in the way of garden
or orchard, even if that orchard sum up
only one old apple-tree, has not the full
right to the title "coA Portable" Build
ing associations all over the country are
making building possible for even very
limited incomes, and these associations
are supplemented by work from our arch
fleets that gives Us every form of mex
pensive design, and proves that beauty
and cheapness cin go hand in hand
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
1t Even Affects Butter.
Boston Transcript

'Weu," said the bousekeeper to the
grocer, "seems to me that buffers awful
high all of a sudden. What makes 1t go
up SO? Cows sick?" "No'n," responded
the grocery man; "the cows are all right,
the troubles with congress. You see, in
consequ ence of the long haul and the
short haul clause of the inter state com
merce act freights are up, and of course
we have to advance butter. That's one
of the laws of trade, you know. When
the dealer has to pay less he charges the
customer moro to make up the balance
no. mean-well, you know what mean"
YES" the housekeeper admitted in
rather a dubious tone. "Well'm, IN order
that our customers may understand the
reason for the advance in butter We have
issued q neat form on the back of our
call cards complete copy of the inter
state commerce act just as 1t was passed
by congress"
Thereupon he placed IN the housekeep-
er's hands a picture of four beautiful
young women standing in the steam of q
laundry in ecstatic contemplation of
the wonder worked by "Soapem's Wash
oline.' which was added was sold by
Smith d Co., Main street, PoduEck. On
the other side of the sheet was the full
text of the inter state commerce act
Tie housekeeper put on her spectacles
and carefully purused the bill, and yet
she said she could not understand what
substantially similar and ccntem por-
aneous conditions" had to do with the
price of butter made in the town In
which it was sold.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
A Queer BoOtjack
\ W \ fork Hotsl Mail

Walt Coleman, brakeman on a freight
train, says an Erie conductor, set out one
bitter cold night to flag passenger train
just south of Ridgewood. He was out
about two hours, and when he came back
his fingers and ears were badly frozen.
After We got some whisky down him, and
had rubbed his hands and ears in snow,
We tried to remove his boots, but his feet
were so badly swollen that they could not
be pulled off. Coleman was an econom-
ioal cuss, and he would not let US cut them
off his feet. He said that the boots cost
him 81 but two weeks before, and he
could not afford to lose them so soon,
even if by so doing be would be relieved
of his suffering. 1t was finally agreed TO
take Coleman out to the locomotive, stick
his boot-heels between the slots of the
cow-catcher and then back up. When
everything was ready the engineer re-
versed his engine, while we chung to Cole
mans arms and shoulders. The boots came
off quick enough, but Colenan's legs
came so near going with them that there
was no fun in it. As it was, We had to
cut the heels off the boots to save any
portion of them. That was the queer
est bootjack l ever saw.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
Who Said Them
nsfr0Sr EraA praSs

Who wrote the letters of Juniuss 1t is
generally conceded that Sir Philip Fran
els did. but there is no certainty about ii.
1t has been well said, however, that the
time spent In trying to find out who
JunIus was would be better expended in
learning to write as we'll as Junius wrote.
God tsmpers the wind to the shorn
lamb was long believed to be from the
scriptures. But Sterue wrote it in his
Sentimental Journey"
This is the time when these questions
come up like Bsnquo's ghost Macbeth"
scene 8, act I'LL, and will not down"
until traced to their proper lineage.
correspondent asks: who originst-
ed the phrase, Pouring oil on the troubl-
ed waters?%" That discussion csme up
here IN Detroit some five years ago. A
lady riding in q Csss svenue horse-car
asked smother lady if she knew. Then
gentleman offered to write TO friend
of his, fellow of Edinburgh college, and
taking the address of the lady, he gave
his own In the course of some months
the letter came, and DR.. Samuel Leysett
copied this part OF it into his webster's
Dictionary of quotations, where it is re-
corded in his fine, scholarly handwriting:
THE venerable Bede says: A priest
called Utta was sent into Kent to fetch
Lanplede, King Edwine's daughter, who
was married to King Oswin, A. d. 617.
Before his departure Utta visited Bishop
Slda and besought his prayers for pros
porous journey. The bishop blessed him
and gave him pot of oil, saying: RE
member that You cast into the sea this
oyle that | will sive you, and the WIND
being laid comfortable fayre weather
ssall ensue on the sea-"
This has nothing do with that fsmi-
liar phrase burning the midnight oil.
Whence is thy leArnings Hath thy toll.
Ger TO Ks consumed { midnight oil!
This couplet was written by Gay and
used by many of the English bards.
There is another popular quotation
which has been run TO the ground re-
Gently:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
Anecdotes of j I. Raymond,
New York World.

How solemn Raymond could look! A
joke which he didn't care to see would
shrivel up and die before his melancholy
gaze, and the would be raconteur would
sneak away from his plying eyes like a
criminal.
The head waiter of a great Chicago
hotel, with whom senators fr9ternIze, and
to whom even the hotel clerks nod, once
approached the comedian at breakfast
with this remark:
''Mr Raymond, I've got little joke to
tell you"
Fire away, Judge, but time is precious.
Make it in one act"
"Well, Mr.. Raymond, why are your
clothes like your
Brother Bones, give it up"
"Because-ha, ha, ha!-becausG they re
Jaunty raimert! See?
panied expression crept over the
comedians face.
But my raiment isn't jaunty," he re-
piled, plain frock coat, trousers, plain
check necktie,"
"But, Mr.. Raymond" expostulated the
unhappy head waiter, its joke.
But it isn't the truth" said the come
dian solemnly. land that's what cuts me.
Now, how can you call my raiment jaun-
ty? Plain coat, plain trousers
But the monarch OF the dining room
had fed.
Raymond was not an easy man to act
with, and it is a marvel that his plays
we're presented as we'll as they were.
Once let him master his own part and
feel easy in it, and the rest of the com
pany knew no peace. His wild penchapt
for fun dominated everything. Had any
of the actors to deliver dramatic or
pathetic speech, Raymond, if on the
stage, would endeavOr by Grimace and
soto voce remarks to "break them up"
even at the risk of marring the scene.
He often had odd fish for jurymen in
"Col. Sellers" One night in Texas the
jury of ''supers" had been allowed to wit
ness the play up to the point where the
last act begins. They were then sum-
moned upon the stage TO serve. As the
curtain rose, the district attorney began
his address to the jury, and just as he
was growing eloquent in denouncing the
prisoner, Laura Hawkins, for the murder
of Col. Shelby, tall, gaunt juryman
arose uusteadily from his seat in the
iury-box and shaking his fist in the dis
trict attorneys face exclaimed, in voice
that trembled with emotion and "tangle-
foot"
Eyes, she did shoot him! And she
served him id well right! l was down
in them front seats and l seed it ally
The uproar that arose tore the remain
der of the performance to tatters, and
Raymond, like Mrs. Rodgers Bailey, jr.,
lied the laughter and enjoyed the con-
versation.'
Fresh in the memory are many of his
witticisms, notably that in which he re-
ferred to circus Hercules as "a fellow
of infinite chest" and his declaration
that the English idea of humor (they did
not take kindly to the play of 'Col. Sell
lers'') was having man fall down stairs
J with a tray of dishes"
He was proud of his wife, of his boy,
of his profession. He loved life ardently
and his grievous and sudden taking off
possesses in this knowledge double sad
ness. Seldom had man more friends
or fewer enemies. The stage has lost
bright ornament, the public genial
beDefactOr